1978 Salt Lake City Gulls Statistics
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Deron Johnson (72-65)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 207,440, Avg. 3,028
Playoffs - Albuquerque Dukes 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 0
The Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Gulls scored 784 runs and surrendered 794 runs. Willie Aikens led Salt Lake City with 29 home runs, and Steve Stroughter walloped 15 or more also. Willie Aikens drove in 110 runs and topped all regular batters with a .326 average. Jim Dorsey paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.34 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Salt Lake City Gulls who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Caneira, Bob Jones, Rance Mulliniks, Jim Anderson, Orlando Ramírez, Ed Kirkpatrick, Dave Frost, Willie Aikens, Al Fitzmorris, Mike Overy, Tom Donohue, Steve Stroughter, Gil Flores, Mike Barlow, Dave Machemer, Bob Ferris, Chuck Porter, Danny Boone, Stan Cliburn, Gil Kubski, Dickie Thon, Dave Schuler, Pepe Mangual, Kim Allen, Ike Hampton and Jim Dorsey.
Deron Johnson served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dorsey | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.34 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 118 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 77 | 4 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Caneira | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.76 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 110 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bob Ferris | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.72 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 136 | 92 | 75 | 8 | 70 | 1 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Dave Frost | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.96 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 100 | 50 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.16 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 77.0 | 81 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| John Racanelli | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.79 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 159 | 102 | 80 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Overy | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.00 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 99.0 | 99 | 54 | 44 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Carlos Perez | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.17 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124.0 | 162 | 100 | 85 | 11 | 68 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Danny Boone | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 52 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.90 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 89 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Robert Millsop | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.52 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 82 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pat Cristelli | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.65 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 56 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gil Kubski | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Schuler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.39 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 41 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rickey Foley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Porter | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9.75 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 34 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 65 | .526 | 5.30 | 311 | 137 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 1140.0 | 1353 | 794 | 671 | 86 | 554 | 37 | 573 | 38 | 1 | 87 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Aikens | 133 | 559 | 470 | 82 | 153 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 110 | 5 | 5 | 77 | 55 | .326 | .419 | .551 | .970 | 259 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Stroughter | 132 | 535 | 458 | 92 | 149 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 68 | .325 | .419 | .535 | .954 | 245 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Jones | 122 | 521 | 460 | 79 | 141 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 70 | .307 | .369 | .491 | .860 | 226 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Dave Machemer | 97 | 446 | 376 | 87 | 122 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 36 | 9 | 61 | 32 | .324 | .421 | .447 | .868 | 168 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dickie Thon | 130 | 508 | 439 | 67 | 113 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 2 | 51 | 63 | .257 | .341 | .317 | .657 | 139 | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Thomas Smith | 96 | 393 | 347 | 55 | 110 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 48 | .317 | .379 | .501 | .881 | 174 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Donohue | 98 | 345 | 313 | 51 | 91 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 78 | .291 | .336 | .473 | .809 | 148 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Gil Kubski | 97 | 350 | 306 | 57 | 81 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 69 | .265 | .342 | .359 | .702 | 110 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Gil Flores | 76 | 325 | 283 | 48 | 79 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 32 | .279 | .361 | .350 | .711 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 69 | 262 | 209 | 43 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 11 | .325 | .452 | .407 | .859 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Anderson | 72 | 278 | 248 | 36 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 37 | .258 | .330 | .379 | .709 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rance Mulliniks | 34 | 157 | 127 | 34 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 11 | .307 | .439 | .457 | .896 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Cliburn | 47 | 169 | 148 | 18 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 27 | .209 | .290 | .311 | .601 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ike Hampton | 31 | 117 | 105 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .248 | .316 | .410 | .726 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pepe Mangual | 28 | 110 | 94 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .245 | .336 | .479 | .815 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kim Allen | 15 | 56 | 46 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .217 | .327 | .326 | .653 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Ramírez | 6 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .217 | .308 | .304 | .612 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Perez | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorsey | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1409 | 5172 | 4465 | 783 | 1305 | 224 | 48 | 112 | 733 | 114 | 42 | 587 | 669 | .292 | .376 | .439 | .815 | 1961 | 0 | 42 | 22 | 56 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Aikens | 1B | 118 | 1029 | 83 | 25 | 115 | .978 | 9.424 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 1B | 19 | 163 | 10 | 3 | 19 | .983 | 9.105 | ||||
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Dickie Thon | 2B | 87 | 193 | 265 | 17 | 66 | .964 | 5.264 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | 2B | 22 | 45 | 60 | 6 | 13 | .946 | 4.773 | ||||
| Jim Anderson | 2B | 21 | 37 | 51 | 3 | 14 | .967 | 4.190 | ||||
| Kim Allen | 2B | 9 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .975 | 4.333 | ||||
| Gil Kubski | 2B | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .800 | 5.333 | ||||
| Tom Donohue | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | 3B | 74 | 52 | 134 | 11 | 14 | .944 | 2.514 | ||||
| Tom Donohue | 3B | 30 | 19 | 48 | 2 | 3 | .971 | 2.233 | ||||
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 3B | 23 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.826 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 3B | 12 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .828 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Donohue | C | 55 | 196 | 36 | 7 | 3 | .971 | 4.218 | 10 | |||
| Stan Cliburn | C | 45 | 225 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .988 | 5.622 | 4 | |||
| Ed Kirkpatrick | C | 36 | 161 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .984 | 5.194 | 5 | |||
| Ike Hampton | C | 10 | 45 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .870 | 4.700 | 0 | |||
| Bob Jones | OF | 90 | 181 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 2.044 | ||||
| Steve Stroughter | OF | 82 | 149 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 1.915 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 78 | 208 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .978 | 2.795 | ||||
| Gil Flores | OF | 76 | 174 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .957 | 2.329 | ||||
| Gil Kubski | OF | 70 | 100 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.514 | ||||
| Pepe Mangual | OF | 27 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 2.556 | ||||
| Willie Aikens | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Donohue | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Overy | P | 49 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .327 | ||||
| Mike Barlow | P | 44 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .966 | .636 | ||||
| Carlos Perez | P | 35 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| Danny Boone | P | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .115 | ||||
| Billy Wilson | P | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .640 | ||||
| Bob Ferris | P | 22 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| John Racanelli | P | 20 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jim Dorsey | P | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| John Caneira | P | 18 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Robert Millsop | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Pat Cristelli | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Porter | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rickey Foley | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gil Kubski | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Anderson | SS | 53 | 87 | 193 | 19 | 44 | .936 | 5.283 | ||||
| Dickie Thon | SS | 43 | 80 | 115 | 19 | 31 | .911 | 4.535 | ||||
| Rance Mulliniks | SS | 34 | 65 | 109 | 12 | 20 | .935 | 5.118 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | SS | 6 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 9 | .974 | 6.167 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1444 | 3416 | 1483 | 190 | 396 | .963 | 3.393 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
